Old Testament Lesson 45: “If I Perish, I Perish”

The stories of Daniel and Esther are used in this year’s manual as examples of courage “in living gospel standards.” The following pair of lessons, from a 1937 seminary text (J.A. Washburn, Story of the Old Testament) will not, I’m afraid, be particularly helpful to teachers preparing this year’s lesson because these old lessons merely retell the narratives and ask the obvious questions.

But come to think of it, that’s pretty much all this year’s lesson does, too.